Turkish education center to job seekers: Prove you are not ‘FETÖ’ member
An adult education center in Kırıkkale province has asked job applicants to provide a document indicating that they are not affiliated with “FETÖ,” a...
Erdoğan aide: It has become clear that Turkey cannot trust NATO allies
Chief advisor to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and columnist İlnur Çevik on Thursday wrote that US concerns about Turkey’s purchase of an...
German Greens co-chair: Turkey can’t be EU member under Erdoğan
Leading German politician Greens Co-chair Cem Özdemir has said Turkey cannot be a member of the European Union under Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip...
US State Department spokesperson to Ankara mayor: I hope those prayers fall on deaf...
Responding to Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Melih Gökçek, who said he prayed disasters such as hurricanes Harvey and Irma would continue in the United...
Turkish government detains 24 people in Eskişehir over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish police detained 24 people in Eskişehir province on Thursday over their alleged use of mobile phone messaging program ByLock as part of Turkish...
Turkish government detains pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Sibel Yiğitalp
Sibel Yiğitalp, pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy for Diyarbakır province has announced on her Twitter account early Thursday that “I am being detained...
Turkish court decides imprisonment of hunger striking educators Gülmen and Özakça to continue
Ankara 19th High Penal Court has decided for the continuation of imprisonment of Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two educators who have been on a...
Turkey detains journalist Özbek for allegedly insulting Erdoğan
Gökhan Özbek, a freelance journalist and an outspoken critic of Turkey’s post-coup human rights abuses, was detained on Thursday for allegedly insulting Turkey's autocratic...
HDP deputy’s mother removed from grave after racist attack in Turkey
The body of Hatun Tuğluk, mother of jailed Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aysel Tuğluk, was on Wednesday removed from the grave after an...
A Turkish businessman killed in Amsterdam over his alleged links to Gülen movement
The tension in Turkish politics led to a killing in the Netherlands. According to a report by Het Patrool, the Dutch police has confirmed...
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Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
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